# Accident 20130505011459A: Air Tractor Inc AT-602, Udall, KS, May 5, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2013, 22:45 local time
- Place: Udall, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: TDIG
- Location: 37.3791° N, 97.1108° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3791&lon=-97.1108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N628JP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N628JP-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-602 (registry code 0390309, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-60AG (registry code 52101, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pt6a-60ag) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIR TRACTOR INC AT-602
- Reported engine: P&W CANADA PT6A-60AG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 850 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA263) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130505011459A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEGINNING SPRAY OPERATIONS ON A 10 ACRE WHEAT FIELD WHEN IT STRUCK TWO RESIDENTIAL SERVICE ELECTRICAL POWER LINES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO PROPELLER CREATING A VIBRATION AND ENGINE OIL LOSS EITHER FROM THE PROPELLER HUB OR PROPELLER SHAFT SEAL.  THE OIL COVERED THE WINDSHIELD LIMITING THE PILOTS? FORWARD VISIBILITY.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE STRIKE THE PILOT CLIMBED, TURNED SOUTH AND FEATHERED THE PROPELLER. HE LANDED APPROXIMATELY ¾ MILE SOUTH OF THE POINT OF THE WIRE STRIKE.

THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A PASTURE WITH NUMEROUS SMALL TREES IN HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 10 ? 15 FEET AND TRUNK DIAMETERS OF 3 ? 5 INCHES AT THE BASE. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON A SOUTH, SOUTHWEST HEADING APPROXIMATELY 520 FEET FROM WHERE IT CAME TO REST. FROM EVIDENCE AT THE SCENE AND PILOT STATEMENTS, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED IN A NORMAL ATTITUDE FOR 210 FEET WHERE UPON THE LEFT WING STRUCK A SMALL TREE AND THE AIRCRAFTS EMPENNAGE MOVE TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED SKIDDING SIDEWAYS IN THE MUDDY PASTURE FOR APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET WHEN THE FUSELAGE IMPACTED ANOTHER TREE JUST AFT OF THE WING. THE TREE CAUSED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND TAILWHEEL TO LIFT OFF THE GROUND FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND, THE RIGHT WING TIP IMPACTED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING WHEEL, DAMAGING THE WING TIP AND BENDING THE RIGHT MAIN AXLE. THE PILOT STATED THAT AT THIS POINT HE THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT MAY CARTWHEEL. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED SIDEWAYS APPROXIMATELY 86 FEET COMING TO A REST FACING EAST SOUTH EAST.

THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED NOTICEABLE DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, RIGHT AND LEFT WING LEADING EDGE, RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT LOWER FUSELAGE AFT OF THE WING, RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, LEFT FLAP, LEFT AILERON AND SPRAY EQUIPMENT.

THE PILOT REPORTED HE EXPERIENCED NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA263), May 5, 2013: Air Tractor AT-602 (N628JP), Udall, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate flight planning, which resulted in a wire strike.

## Other reports on N628JP (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070723022519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070723022519A), Jul 23, 2007: Airtrc AT602 (N628JP), Prophetstown, IL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted], sole occupant aboard air tractor 602, N628JP, was enroute from newport, ar to rock falls, IL when the engine lost power…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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